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Blackadder Goes Forth’ (1989 - )  (1)

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Sherman Hemsley and Isabel Sanford as George and Louise on The Jeffersons.

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Bea Arthur as Dorothy, Rue McClanahan as Blanche & Betty White as Rose sitting on a couch in The Golden Girls.

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The Young Ones - 1982-1984

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The cast of Cheers at the bar

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Michael J. Fox as Alex P. Keaton in Family Ties sitting beside a woman, looking worried.

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Red Dwarf - 1988

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McLean Stevenson and Gary Burghoff as Lt. Colonol Henry Blake and Radar O&rsquo;Reilly, in the M<em>A</em>S*H episode &ldquo;Abyssinia, Henry&rdquo;

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Newhart cast in the TV sitcom

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Night Court - 1984-1992

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